2 Samuel 14:19
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19 So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab commanded me, and (A)he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.
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2 Samuel 14:3
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3 Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab (A)put the words in her mouth.
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1 Samuel 1:26
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26 And she said, “O my lord! (A)As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord.
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Luke 21:15
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15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom (A)which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or [a]resist.
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- Luke 21:15 withstand
Proverbs 4:27
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27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.
2 Kings 2:2
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2 Then Elijah said to Elisha, (A)“Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and (B)as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel.
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1 Kings 2:5-6
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5 “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to (B)Abner the son of Ner and (C)Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet. 6 Therefore do (D)according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
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2 Samuel 11:14-15
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14 In the morning it happened that David (A)wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the [a]hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may (B)be struck down and die.”
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- 2 Samuel 11:15 fiercest
2 Samuel 11:11
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11 And Uriah said to David, (A)“The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and (B)my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.”
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2 Samuel 3:34
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34 Your hands were not bound
Nor your feet put into fetters;
As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell.”
Then all the people wept over him again.
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2 Samuel 3:29
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29 (A)Let it rest on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and let there never fail to be in the [a]house of Joab one (B)who has a discharge or is a leper, who leans on a staff or falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:29 family
2 Samuel 3:27
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27 Now when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab (A)took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there [a]stabbed him (B)in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of (C)Asahel his brother.
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- 2 Samuel 3:27 Lit. struck
1 Samuel 25:26
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26 Now therefore, my lord, (A)as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has (B)held you back from coming to bloodshed and from (C)avenging[a] yourself with your own hand, now then, (D)let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal.
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- 1 Samuel 25:26 Lit. saving yourself
1 Samuel 20:3
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3 Then David took an oath again, and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But (A)truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
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1 Samuel 17:55
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55 When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to (A)Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, (B)whose son is this youth?”
And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I do not know.”
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Joshua 1:7
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7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law (A)which Moses My servant commanded you; (B)do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may [a]prosper wherever you go.
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- Joshua 1:7 have success or act wisely
Deuteronomy 28:14
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14 (A)So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Deuteronomy 5:32
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32 “Therefore you shall [a]be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; (A)you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
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- Deuteronomy 5:32 observe
Numbers 20:17
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17 Please (A)let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King’s Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.’ ”
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Exodus 4:15
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15 Now (A)you shall speak to him and (B)put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and (C)I will teach you what you shall do.
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